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diff --git a/doc/0_01_installing.adoc b/doc/0_01_installing.adoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a55bfa9c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/0_01_installing.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Installing +========= + +Installing on a linux system is a breeze + +[source,bash] +---- +wget -q http://www.colm.net/files/colm/thurston-phdthesis.pdf +wget -q http://www.colm.net/files/colm/colm-0.13.0.4.tar.gz +tar -xaf colm-0.13.0.4.tar.gz +cd colm-0.13.0.4 +./configure --prefix=/opt/colm +make +sudo make install +---- + +When we do: + + /opt/colm/bin/colm + +We get: + + error: colm: colm: no input file given + +It works! + +== First impression + +When we look a little bit closer we see that colm: + +* is able to be build as a static and/or shared libray. +* is licenced under GPL 2 +* is equiped with a vim syntax highlighting file +* is using the aapl (LGPL 2.1 licenced) library from Adrian Thurston (just like ragel does). +* There is one file in the repository that stands out: 'colm.lm' + In the Ragel repository there are also serveral '.lm' files. And it's syntax looks like the colm language that is presented in the thesis. + |